Star Wars Meets SpongeBob?

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We think we've figured out the deal with the pre-school aged Star Wars show.

By Eric Goldman

Back in March, there was a report that a new Star Wars animated series was in the works that was aimed at pre-school to kindergarten age kids, with the working title of Squishies. This was followed just a few days later by the news that Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich were producing a comedic new Star Wars animated series. It was never clear if these two projects were one and the same though, or if Green and Senreich were working on something all together different – until this weekend at Star Wars Celebration V, where George Lucas made some comments that we believe explain the situation.

Discussing the upcoming series he's doing with Green, Lucas said, "I thought Robot Chicken was so funny that I convinced him we would do a little cartoon show for four and five year olds, like SpongeBob SquarePants." Lucas added, "[Green] still believes it's for 21 year olds."

Lucas then remarked, "It's for 21 year olds. It's going to just look like it's for four and five year olds."

So yes, we believe the Squishies mystery has been solved and this is indeed also Green and Senreich's project, whatever the final title may be. And reading between the lines, it sounds like it will likely visually appear to be something like The Super Hero Squad Show, appealing to a very young audience - but with even more jokes and references meant for adult audiences to appreciate as well.

Earlier in the weekend at Star Wars Celebration V, Green himself briefly spoke about the show and said, "This won't be like any Star Wars you've seen before," adding, "We are hardcore fans. We love this stuff like you do. We do not want to make a bad show. We are working tirelessly to make it awesome for you, I promise."